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Flavor Profile

The beans are inherently sweet and clean. Using the semi-dry process makes its acidity slightly brighter yet excellently balanced with sweetness. Some even display tropical fruit aromas, especially the pervasive fragrance during brewing, which is particularly delightful. Delicate lemon acidity, fresh sweetness of sugarcane juice, black tea notes, and a smooth, refined texture.

Hand Brew Method

Brazil Fazenda Rainha hand brew. 15g of coffee, medium grind (Fujiyama ghost tooth grinder #4), V60 dripper, water temperature 88-89°C. First pour 30g of water for a 27-second bloom, then pour to 105g and pause. Wait until the water level drops halfway, then slowly pour until reaching 225g. Avoid the tail section. Water-to-coffee ratio 1:15, extraction time 2:00.

Farm Introduction

Fazenda Rainha (Queen Farm) is located in the Alta Mogiana region of São Paulo state, north of São Paulo city. This farm enjoys high recognition in Brazil and is owned by the Carvalho Dias family. The family's four major farms have won awards every year since the first Brazil COE competition in 1999, winning more than 12 times in 7 years. In 2004, they even swept the championship, 9th place, 11th place, and others. Many large and small farms in Brazil have hoped over the years to qualify for awards, but this has been difficult to achieve. However, this family's four farms have consistently taken away multiple awards. Fazenda Rainha holds an impressive record: 2nd place in 2000, 3rd place in 2001, and 29th place in 2005. To date, Fazenda Rainha has won awards three times. Yellow Bourbon beans are inherently sweet and clean. Using the natural (or semi-natural) process makes their acidity slightly lighter but excellently balanced with sweetness, with tropical fruit aromas.

About the Farm

This Fazenda Rainha belongs to the renowned and respected coffee family Carvalho Dias. The family's four major farms have won awards every year since the first Brazil COE competition in 1999, winning more than 12 times in 7 years. In 2004, they even swept the championship, 9th place, 11th place, and others. Many large and small farms in Brazil have hoped over the years to qualify for awards, but this has been difficult to achieve. However, this family's farms have consistently taken away multiple awards. Even the Fazenda Rainha purchased by O'Shea this time holds an impressive record: 2nd place in 2000, 3rd place in 2001, and 29th place in 2005. To date, Fazenda Rainha has won awards three times.

The Carvalho Dias family is also a founding member of the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association. Their commitment to coffee quality and environmental protection is evident to all. Within their family farms, they utilize natural waterfalls to develop pollution-free hydroelectric power, becoming self-sufficient in electricity needs (another of their award-winning farms is named after this waterfall - Waterfall Farm). They have built churches, classrooms, nurseries, medical stations, insisted on maintaining original forests with native flora and fauna, and continued reforestation efforts. Taking Fazenda Rainha as an example, environmental protection is quite thorough. Due to its higher altitude and non-plain terrain, mechanical harvesting cannot be used - all fruit is harvested entirely by hand. They also plant low-yield, high-quality Bourbon varieties, making it a representative estate of premium Brazilian coffee!

Product Information

Manufacturer: FrontStreet Coffee

Address: No. 10 Bao'an Front Street, Yandun Road, Dongshankou, Guangzhou

Contact: 020-38364473

Shelf Life: 90 days

Net Weight: 227g

Packaging: Bulk

Bean State: Roasted coffee beans

Sugar Content: Sugar-free

Origin: Brazil

Roast Level: Medium roast

Brazil Fazenda Rainha COE Natural Yellow Bourbon

Country: Brazil

Grade: COE

Region: Alta Mogiana (Fazenda Rainha)

Located in the high mountain area near the Minas border in São Paulo state, with altitudes ranging from 1200 to 1400 meters. Annual rainfall is abundant, reaching over 1800mm, but not causing flood disasters. The average annual temperature is only 19°C, so the coffee fruit grows slightly slower but with sufficient density. Although the yield is lower, the aroma and flavor are unmatched by ordinary Brazilian highland beans. This farm mainly grows Bourbon varieties, with some Bourbon trees over 110 years old.

Roast Level: Medium roast

Processing Method: Natural

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Farm: Fazenda Rainha

Flavor: Lemon, sugarcane, black tea, smooth and refined

Fazenda Rainha's Coffee Processing System

Ripe cherry fruits are hand-picked into cloth bags to avoid contact with the ground. Coffee fruits harvested on the same day are always sent to the farm's processing facility for pulped natural processing on the same day. Using hand-picking and cloth bags for harvested coffee fruits avoids earthy flavors and any improper fermentation. When these harvested coffee fruits arrive at the processing facility, they immediately undergo "washing": the coffee fruits are cleaned, and unqualified or dried fruits (bóia beans) are screened out according to bean size. The qualified beans continue to the depulping process (using a pulper machine).

After removing the pulp, the coffee fruits still have some mucilage layer on the parchment shell. At this point, these coffee fruits with the mucilage layer are placed on patios to dry until the moisture content drops to around 20%. This stage allows the coffee fruits to absorb their own starch components while avoiding the drawbacks of the full natural method, where the drying process flavor cannot be controlled. These residual mucilaginous starch components provide a special sweetness but won't become uncontrolled off-fruit flavors or musty tastes.

Afterward, they are sent to drying machines for the final drying stage, processing the moisture content to 11%, then transported to storage for resting. Before export, they are hulled and graded. This segmented Pulped Natural method is one of the main reasons for Fazenda Rainha's stable flavor. Of course, insisting on using Bourbon varieties is another reason for its highly reputable flavor!

Brazil Fazenda Rainha

Country: Brazil | Region: Alta Mogiana (Fazenda Rainha)

Farm Name: Fazenda Rainha

Owner: Regina Helena Mello de Carvalho Dias, belonging to the Carvalho Dias family

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Processing Method: Hand-picked, then pulped natural processing

Harvest Period: Latest harvest arriving May 2006

Alta Mogiana (Fazenda Rainha) Coffee Bean Details

Origin: Brazil Fazenda Rainha (Alta Mogiana) region

Variety: Yellow Bourbon

Altitude: 1400 — 1950m

Processing Method: Pulped natural

From Brazil's Fazenda Rainha estate-level Yellow Bourbon, with full, mature sweetness and rich fruity notes as well as a persistent aftertaste that makes people praise it endlessly. Whether used for American drip coffee or as the main sweet component in espresso blends, professional experts are satisfied and consider it a necessary purchase for their bean list!

Yellow Bourbon beans are inherently sweet and clean. Using the pulped natural method (or semi-washed) makes their acidity slightly brighter yet with tropical fruit aromas, especially the pervasive fragrance during brewing, which is particularly delightful.

Fazenda Rainha belongs to the Carvalho Dias family, and the farm has been in operation for over 116 years. Located in the high mountain area near the Minas border in São Paulo state, with altitudes ranging from 1200 to 1400 meters. Annual rainfall is abundant, reaching over 1800mm, but not causing flood disasters. The average annual temperature is only 19°C, so the coffee fruit grows slightly slower but with sufficient density. Although the yield is lower, the aroma and flavor are unmatched by ordinary Brazilian highland beans. This farm mainly grows Bourbon varieties, with some Bourbon trees over 110 years old. Besides growing Bourbon varieties, Fazenda Rainha's meticulous and thoughtful processing methods are another key to its excellent quality:

Related Knowledge

The Cup of Excellence (COE) program and its trademark are currently owned and managed by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE), a non-profit organization based in the United States. Each year, ACE collaborates with COE program (cupping competition) host countries to complete cupping selection and online auctions of specialty coffee, while also recommending and promoting anything related to coffee quality improvement. The purpose is to select exemplary specialty coffees in host countries and exchange experiences for industry learning.

Important Notice :

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